I wrote this tutorial on my own. Any
similarity to another tutorial is purely coincidental. I claim the copyright to
my tutorial. You are free to do whatever you please with what you make,
but please do not take my tutorial. Do not send the tutorial through
email. Only share my link.

This tutorial was created for
some friends of mine who wanted to begin learning more about PSP.
It is intended for beginners to learn how to use masks. If you have any questions, please feel free to
email
me.

To do this tutorial you will also
need Paint Shop Pro. I wrote this with Paint
Shop Pro 9, but the steps may also be done in any version.
You may download a free trial at Jasc.

Remember to save as a psp file
often!

Download the
BoxLines Mask by right-clicking on the link and choosing Save As Target.

1. Open new, transparent image, size 400
x 400.

2. Flood-fill this image with a color or gradient of your choice (this
will be the trim color)

3. In the top menu, click Layers > New Raster
Layer.

4.
Flood-fill this image with a second color or gradient of your choice (this will
be the background color)

5. Open
the BoxLines Mask in PSP and minimize it.

6. Click back on the tag
image. In the top menu, click Layers > New Mask Layer > From Image.

23. Now
choose the font tool, and set the foreground and background color to white.
I used the Signature font to make my watermark, and my my name at the top.
I created both on their own layers. (Layers > New Raster Layer). Watermark
is size 11 and name is size 24. Then slide the Opacity of each of these
layers to 50%

24. Now change the font to a fancy font, and foreground & background
colors to the same trim color that you used in step 2. Size = 60 points.
Type your name, and then apply the same Drop Shadow as in step 22.